Dear Friends of the hUManities,
This week, UMIH is supporting TWO events featuring Larissa Lai, CRC in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary and author of Salt Fish Girl and The Tiger Flu.
The Fox Lady's Gamble: Embodied Solidarities and the Speculative Tao
Thursday, March 12, 2020
2:30 - 4:00 pm
409 Tier Building
For more information, click here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/larissa-lai-guest-lectu…>.
An Evening with Larissa Lai: A Drop the Mic Conversation
presented by QPOC and UMIH
Thursday, March 12, 2020
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Fools and Horses, 379 Broadway
For more information, click here<https://www.facebook.com/events/804269136719923/>.
We're hosting Write On Sites every Monday and Thursday from 9 am - 12 pm in 409 Tier. Drop in to work on your writing projects in a community environment.
For more information, click here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/write-on-sites-17/>.
For an overview of our upcoming programming for Winter term, check out our events at a glance poster here<https://umhumanities.com/2020/01/06/welcome-back/>!
Upcoming UMIH Calls:
Find attached UMIH's calls for Graduate Fellowship, Research Cluster, and Research Affiliate applications for the 2020-21 year. Please circulate to anyone you know who may be interested in applying. Questions can be directed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca
Upcoming UMIH Events:
Wet'suwet'en Solidarity: Local Resonances
Monday, March 16, 2020
1:30-3:30 pm
306 Tier Building
A free screening of the film Invasion, followed by a panel discussion. Donations for the Unist'ot'en Legal Fund will be accepted.
Panelists:
Jenna Vandal (UM Graduate) - Rooster Town Blockade
Taylor Galvin (Student)) - Wa Ni Ska Tan
Kayla Lariviere (Student) - CFS
Drey Smith - Founder of Camp Morningstar
Annie Beach (Student) - Moderator
Celiese Lypka - UMIH Arts of Conversation Series
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
2:30-3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
UMIH Supported Events:
Toiletry Drive
The UMIH office is a drop-off location for donations of travel-sized toiletry items to be donated to Mama Bear Clan & the North Point Douglas Women's Centre.
Donations can also be dropped off at 215 Isbister.
Starting Monday, March 9, 2020.
For more information, click here<https://www.facebook.com/UManitobaArtsFaculty/photos/a.512070555500433/3938…>.
Laughter is Medicine: A Youth Comedy Night!
Saturday, March 14, 2020
7:00-11:00 pm
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave.
For more information, click here<https://www.facebook.com/events/192123972131820/>.
Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals for the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS)
“Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century” to be held in Winnipeg October 21-24, 2020.
Cary Miller, Native Studies is one of the three plenary speakers at the event.
Deadline for submission of individual papers is March 15, 2020.
Please visit the webpage for full information in both English and French:
https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/English_theatre_film_media/….
UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, will be presenting the keynote at this year's Supernatural Studies Annual Conference
The third annual conference will take place in New Rochelle, NY
Friday March 20, 2020
For more information, click here<https://www.supernaturalstudies.com/conference>.
Bauhaus (Canada) 101
The School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba, Curated by Dr. Oliver A. I. Botar
Exhibition: February 13, 2020 to March 27, 2020
For more information, click here<https://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/Bauhaus_101.html>.
Other Opportunities and Events:
Plug In ICA 2020 Summer Institutes are now accepting applications!
The Summer Institute is an international artist research program for professional artists and cultural workers in all disciplines and media.
Summer Institute I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! will be led by Toronto-based artist Tau Lewis, and will run from July 13 to 24, 2020. Participants will build and create with a focus on non-traditional methods of physical and conceptual construction.
Summer Institute II: Water Knowledge will be led by social practice artist KC Adams. This residency is about passing on water knowledge bundles to better understand our relationship with water. The residency is open to visual artists, writers, critics and scholars who identify as women and non-binary and will run from August 17th to August 28th, 2020. https://plugin.org/summer-institute/
Session I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! | <https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…> Apply Now<https://plugin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Session-I_Application-Form_NE…>
Session II: Water Knowledge | <https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…> Apply Now<https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…>
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca>
umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>
Please join us this afternoon for a public talk by Suzanne Weiss - Holocaust to Resistance: Solidarity Then and Now
2:30-4:00 pm in 409 Tier Building
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For more information, click here<https://www.facebook.com/events/189567178968708/>.
Sabrina Sethi
Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca>
umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>
Dear Friends of the hUManities,
This week we are delighted to have Synonym Art Consultation in the house speaking on Col[lab]oration: experiments in community art
Join us Thursday, March 5, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
For more information, click here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/collaboration---experim…>.
We're hosting Write On Sites every Monday and Thursday from 9 am - 12 pm in 409 Tier. Drop in to work on your writing projects in a community environment.
For more information, click here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/write-on-sites-17/>.
For an overview of our upcoming programming for Winter term, check out our events at a glance poster here<https://umhumanities.com/2020/01/06/welcome-back/>!
Upcoming UMIH Events:
The Fox Lady's Gamble: Embodied Solidarities and the Speculative Tao
Larissa Lai
Thursday, March 12, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
UMIH Supported Events:
Bauhaus (Canada) 101
The School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba, Curated by Dr. Oliver A. I. Botar
Exhibition: February 13, 2020 to March 27, 2020
The School of Art Gallery is pleased to present Bauhaus (Canada) 101, the only major exhibition in Canada to celebrate the centenary of the Bauhaus, the legendary German design school. This exhibition provides a crash course on the Bauhaus, founded in 1919. It offers insight into the school’s influence on Canadian architecture, furniture design, graphic design, art and pedagogy.
For more information, click here<https://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/Bauhaus_101.html>.
Laughter is Medicine: A Youth Comedy Night!
Saturday, March 14, 2020
7:00-11:00 pm
West End Cultural Centre
586 Ellice Ave.
For more information, click here<https://www.facebook.com/events/192123972131820/>.
UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, will be presenting the keynote at this year's Supernatural Studies Annual Conference
The third annual conference will take place in New Rochelle, NY
Friday March 20, 2020
For more information, click here<https://www.supernaturalstudies.com/conference>.
Other Opportunities and events:
"Personal Strategies for Improving Your Research Productivity"
Stu Clark Distinguished Speaker Series
Dr. Céleste Grimard
Drake Centre, Room 108
Friday, March 6, 2020
2:40-3:40 pm
Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals for the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS)
“Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century” to be held in Winnipeg October 21-24, 2020.
Cary Miller, Native Studies is one of the three plenary speakers at the event.
Deadline for submission of individual papers is March 15, 2020.
Please visit the webpage for full information in both English and French:
https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/English_theatre_film_media/….
Plug In ICA 2020 Summer Institutes are now accepting applications!
The Summer Institute is an international artist research program for professional artists and cultural workers in all disciplines and media.
Summer Institute I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! will be led by Toronto-based artist Tau Lewis, and will run from July 13 to 24, 2020. Participants will build and create with a focus on non-traditional methods of physical and conceptual construction.
Summer Institute II: Water Knowledge will be led by social practice artist KC Adams. This residency is about passing on water knowledge bundles to better understand our relationship with water. The residency is open to visual artists, writers, critics and scholars who identify as women and non-binary and will run from August 17th to August 28th, 2020. https://plugin.org/summer-institute/
Session I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! | <https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…> Apply Now<https://plugin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Session-I_Application-Form_NE…>
Session II: Water Knowledge | <https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…> Apply Now<https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbn…>
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca>
umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>